The Troubling State of India's Democracy – review. Really!

Some people do not like India to be a rising superpower! Maybe, they prefer a beggar looking like Mahatma Gandhi (no insult intended, Gandhi was a great man)!

Well, Western countries are much better off with a partner like India. India e.g. can contain and/or balance the power/hegemony ambitions of China!

The political pendulum in a democracy swings back and forth. India is no exception!

"...  However, India’s status as the world’s largest democracy is facing an unprecedented challenge, with its principles of tolerance and systems of checks and balances coming under attack almost every day.  ..."

"... Despite this rich tradition, India’s democracy faces an unprecedented threat with the rise of Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party. After decisively winning general elections in 2014, Modi and the BJP have pursued a range of anti-democratic policies in which the state and society are used to undermine the opposition, to stifle free speech, and to harass religious minorities. ..."

The Troubling State of India's Democracy – review | LSE Review of Books "In The Troubling State of India’s Democracy, editors Dinsha Mistree, Šumit Ganguly and Larry Diamond assemble work by leading scholars assessing the conditions of India’s democracy across three dimensions: politics, the state and society. The book provides a thorough analysis of ideological, institutional and social shifts towards nationalist authoritarianism [???] under Modi but is not without hope for India’s future, writes Abidullah Baba."

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